I’m Newly 50. Solo Cruiser. Going to Live on Cruise Ships to Work Remotely. How Much? 🤔🚢

🌊 When I first started planning to live and work full-time on cruise ships… …I thought the biggest challenge would be figuring out whether I could take my remote job with me. Then HR said no. 😳 And suddenly, the question changed. If I can’t simply take my current job aboard a cruise ship… how much money would I actually need to make this life possible? Because saying “I want to live on cruise ships” is one thing. Knowing the actual financial target I need to work toward? That’s something completely different. As I continue preparing for my very first research cruise and my long-term goal of eventually living and working full-time at sea, I’m starting to look beyond the dream and into the numbers behind it. In today’s episode, we explore: 🚢 Why cruise fare is only the beginning 💰 The expenses beyond the advertised cruise price 📶 Why Wi-Fi becomes essential when your income depends on it ✈️ Hotels, transportation and the costs between cruises 🏥 Travel insurance, healthcare and emergency expenses 🏠 The expenses from my current life that could disappear 📊 Why comparing my current lifestyle to cruise living changes the equation 🎯 The three numbers I need: minimum, comfortable and safety But somewhere in the middle of figuring all of this out, I realized something important. Maybe I’ve been asking the wrong question. Instead of: “Can I afford to live on cruise ships?” Maybe the better question is: “What would my cruise life cost compared with the life I’m already paying for?” Because I wouldn't necessarily be paying for my entire current lifestyle PLUS cruise living forever. I'd be replacing one lifestyle with another. And that changes the math. After HR told me I couldn’t work my current job from cruise ships, I initially saw another obstacle. Now I see another piece of the plan I need to build. Maybe what I really need isn’t simply a remote job. Maybe I need location-independent income. Once I know how much this lifestyle could realistically cost, the dream gets something it hasn't had before: A number. A target. A plan. 🚢💛 And that creates my next question: If my job can't come with me…where could the money actually come from? That's what we're figuring out next. 🚢 FOLLOW MY JOURNEY FROM THE BEGINNING I'm not already living on cruise ships. I'm figuring out how to get there—and documenting what I learn along the way. Starting My Journey to Full-Time Cruise Living ▶️ https://youtu.be/xwkuA4mqoMk?si=CLoxcx_G48Ilc1lM Why Live & Work From Cruise Ships? ▶️ https://youtu.be/iv_gnNq6vzU?si=6kFWgL_eUY2uj5C4 I've Got Questions… ▶️ https://youtu.be/jJiVTLxIO84?si=4UZwBSO0jehSHt-g Funding My Move to Cruise Living ▶️ https://youtu.be/wsnQIo_LmKk?si=u24iy5f9pq0RdPLx Wi-Fi & Working Onboard Cruise Ships ▶️ https://youtu.be/fnCSON48feA 💛 WELCOME TO TALETHEA CRUISES I'm documenting my journey from working full-time from my home office to hopefully one day working and living full-time on cruise ships. I haven't figured it all out yet. That's the point. We're figuring out the money, remote work, cruise logistics, solo travel, fears, mistakes and everything else it takes to turn “Someday…” into an actual plan. If you've ever dreamed about creating a life with more freedom, travel and possibility—but wondered whether you could really make it work—you’re in the right place. 🚢 Subscribe and come figure it out with me. And I'd love to hear from you: If you knew exactly how much money you needed each month to live the life you really wanted, would having that number make the dream feel more possible—or more intimidating? Tell me in the comments. 💛 #TaletheaCruises #CruiseLiving #FullTimeCruiseLiving #CruiseLife #LivingOnCruiseShips #WorkFromAnywhere #LocationIndependent #RemoteWork #FinancialFreedom #CruiseBudget #SoloCruising #SoloTravel #DreamLife #NewChapter